St. Corporate Accountant

MICHELLE JOHNSON

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FRIDLEY MN ***32

C 502-***-****

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Work Experience:

Sr. Corporate Accountant

Safetran Systems Corporation

May, 2000 – Present – Louisville, KY

July, 1998 – May, 2000 – Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

· Month End Close: prepare and post journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, analyze accruals, ensure accuracy of trial balance.

· Financial Statement Preparation: monthly and quarterly consolidated financial reporting of multiple divisions and multiple companies using Hyperion S9, various month end reports, assist in budgeting and forecasting, yearend audit preparation, IFRS and US GAAP reporting. Site Hyperion expert.

· Supervisor of Credit and Collections: oversee credit & collections clerk, oversee Co-Source partner, assist in setting credit limits for new customers, release/nonrelease of orders over credit limit, assist in collection process, research problem invoices. Review and correct advance and unallocated cash receipts and short payments of invoices.

· Supervise Co-Source Partner: oversee general ledger, daily cash posting, collections, fixed assets, and sales tax activities that are performed by the co-source partner. Assign and review their work, instruct and train, conduct performance evaluations.

· General Ledger Maintenance: add ledger accounts/dimensions, map accounts in spreadsheets used for close, assist in maintenance of mapping tables within ERP system, maintenance of mapping tables within FDM/Upstream.

· Cash: daily cash reporting, weekly, monthly, and quarterly cash forecasting, weekly overdue debtors reporting, implementation of new bank in 2006.

· Sales Tax Reporting: oversee preparation of monthly and quarterly sales tax reporting that is prepared by the co-source partner, trouble-shoot any problems with reporting and Vertex.

· Fixed Asset Management: process capital expenditure and disposal approval, report monthly additions to management, oversee Co-Source partner in analyzing general ledger accounts and running FAS, financial and tax reporting of depreciation, conversion to BEST Fixed Assets (FAS) in 1999.

· Finance Champion for Baan implementation in 2004.

· Certified Six Sigma Green Belt/Lean Belt.

· Extensive Excel spreadsheet development, report writing using Crystal Reports.

Staff Accountant

Bruegger’s Bagel Bakeries, Minneapolis, MN

January, 1996 – July, 1998

Responsibilities – Month end close; general ledger; cash and accounts receivable management; sales tax reporting; weekly operations reporting; budgeting; extensive Quattro Pro spreadsheet development.

Staff Accountant (Internship)

Cold Spring Granite Co., Cold Spring, MN

June, 1995 – January, 1996

Responsibilities – Accounts Payable; sales tax reporting; daily cash management; journal entries; spreadsheets; misc. data entry.

Computer Skills:

Experience with these software packages:

· Microsoft Office 2007

· Hyperion Enterprise/HFM/S9

· Hyperion Retrieve for Excel/Smartview

· Hyperion FDM/Upstream

· BAAN V

· Crystal Reports

· Best’s FAS Asset Accounting

· Vertex Sales Tax

Education:

Bachelor of Science – Accounting

College of Business, AACSB accredited

St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

Graduation: November, 1995

3.46 accumulated grade point average, 4.0 scale

Six Sigma Green Belt/Lean Belt Certification

In-house training, certified, February, 2003

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